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Stories hitting the headlines with archive footage and the year's chart hits

Experience some of the stories hitting the headlines through the decades with archive footage and chart hits

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Alba: Alba 1970s: Episode 10: 1979

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Episode 10: 1979

Alba 1970s

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Includes chart hits by The Bee Gees, The Clash and The Police.

Relive some of the stories in the headlines during 1979 through archive footage and chart hits. A referendum on whether or not to have a Scottish Assembly.

Sealladh air na sgeulachdan a bh' anns na naidheachdan ann an 1979 cuide ri taghadh de cheòl na bliadhna. Am measg na thachair: cothrom aig Albannaich bhòtadh ann an referendum airson cumhachd a thilleadh a dh'Alba, muinntir na h-Eileanan Siar iomagaineach mu leudachadh a bh' air fàire aig port-adhair Steòrnabhaigh agus Prìomhaire ùr ann am Breatainn. Am measg nan taghaidhean ciùil tha Tragedy le The Bee Gees, London Calling le The Clash agus Message In A Bottle le The Police. 

Experience some of the stories hitting the headlines in 1979 through archive footage and the year's chart hits: a referendum on whether or not to have a Scottish Assembly, concerns in the Western Isles over the proposed expansion of Stornoway Airport and a new Prime Minister for the UK. The year's chart hits include Tragedy by The Bee Gees, London Calling by The Clash and Message In A Bottle by The Police.

Alba: Alba 1970s

Revisiting the stories in the headlines in the 1970s with archive footage and chart hits

Experience some of the stories hitting the headlines in the 1970s through archive footage and chart hits

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